@@retrotechdad looks like Anbernic starting shipping orders early so I’m hoping to be able to play by Thanksgiving! Thanks for testing those Saturn fighters. That is very exciting!
The only thing I'm putting on this is Master System, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, Saturn, Dreamcast, SEGA arcade games. This is officially my SEGA handheld with the perfect control scheme.
It’s such a shame they didn’t put like a T616 or something in here because I’m a huge Sega Saturn fan and I would have loved to have the full library and be able to upscale it on this thing. I just discovered your videos a couple days ago and I’ve been binging all of them. They’re all so good.
Love the review and the use cases you pointed out. PS1 is one I hadn't thought about but makes a lot of sense. Always love to see obscure saturn games highlighted, especially Bulk Slash
I think this device makes more sense if you think about it more like a 2D arcade (ARC) handheld than an exclusive Sega handheld. When adding some arcade board emulators into the mix, the android portion actually makes much more sense, as it expands your choices when it comes to this niche Platforms. That being said, a faster SOC at a slightly higher price definitely would have helped a lot to make this the perfect bang for your buck Sega - device. Maybe we will see a slightly beefed up version if Anbernic notices demand. Still, for now I ordered this version, the ergonomics alone made it kinda irresistible to me🙈
Pretty much this - scrap all more powerful SOAs and go directly FPGA, make the screen OLED and keep the sice of screen and device... and don't even DARE to put some analog sticks to it, keep it clean. That would be my perfect Sega handheld, would happily spent about 100 - 150€ more than the current device🥰
"Great video review! If this device is anything like the RG353P, then I guess many of my favorite games might work on it. For Saturn, there's Baku Baku Animal, Dragon Force, Elevator Action Returns, Game Tengoku, Manx TT Superbike, Nights into Dreams, Panzer Dragoon, Sega Rally Championship, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, and Virtua Fighter 2. And for DC, how about Bomberman Online, ChuChu Rocket, Crazy Taxi, Daytona USA, GTA2, Jet Grind Radio, Mr Driller, NBA Showtime, Power Stone 2, Pro-Pinball Trilogy, Ready 2 Rumble, Sega Bass Fishing (though it might have minor visual issues), Test Drive V-Rally, Virtua Tennis, and wetrix+? It's a bit hit or miss with these games, like Virtua Fighter 1 didn't work well on Saturn, but Virtua Fighter 2 was fine. Haven't tested all of them deeply, just a heads-up. Keep up the great work!"
I was about the pull the trigger but it couldn't do perfect Saturn so my chance of playing fighters megamix with Saturn layout should not be a smooth experience. kinda wish they went with the T618
That's like the opposite of what this handheld is going for, but I hope you have fun c: It's a very lovely device. Hopefully a more beefy one comes out next year
@@lionvscowDS and N64 will be good on this Handheld. Also if Anbernic comes out with a A311D, A311D2, or S922X version of this Handheld we'll have full speed Sega Saturn and below Emulation.
Hi I just received this emulator and I wanted to use my own memory card I cannot get it to boot into the initial setup like you did Can you give me a few steps to try again cuz I'm confused
What makes it a niche? Is it volume and diversity from other companies or is it the 6 buttons? Because, I am a Sega fan and I have never bought a single handheld from any of these companies because I am a SEGA fan. I did buy this one well the Linux version for better Saturn gameplay. To me it's not niche if it's exactly what you want and have been suffering for 4 years with every single handheld (save for steam deck, thank you valve for making a Sega style handheld) that is a Nintendon't design or Sonayyyy clop clop design. I am so happy Sega fans have a device. Now, let open the flood gates and more SEGA designs come.
I just want to know what everyone is doing for scrapping box art? Also I've tried the Linux and Android side. I like the boarder I get with Linux but the names don't scroll and without box art I can't tell what sonic game I'm clicking on. Any help would be great
Great for Genesis/Sega CD. Bad for Saturn. Theres games like Mystaria that I’ve played for a bit and I can no longer play it because it gets to a certain point and it just shuts down. You have to boot it to Android and then only the lower end games will run fine. It’s to the point I don’t trust plying Saturn games on it anymore But Sega CD and Genesis…this system is amazing for
Worst custom firmware ever in this handled, i tried Gamma and retro Arena all sucks, onion os on my miyoo destroy them by far. No way to play correctly with arc-d. I stay on miyoo all games in memory, better ui, much shortcut and all games works.
That's a tough one, which handhelds/consoles are you looking to emulate? The ARC is really awesome for Sega games with the 6 button support. It also has a 4:3 screen which will work out better for most platforms. The RGB30 is REALLY awesome for Gameboy/GBC because of the square aspect ratio.
A possible use case for the Android version could be streaming more demanding Saturn (and other games) from the PC perhaps, using Parsec? I will definitely pick this up, just trying to justify the D version for the original black design which my Saturn in the 90s was. :) Great review BTW, plus one sub!
I LOVE your overlays for control mapping. I've tried, fruitlessly for years to explain why a 6-face, 4-shoulder, layout is the perfect retro layout. You can map everything to it, every single retro system that doesn't have a keypad (jaguar) to it. Every last one, and it's buttons will have proper placement mapping. I am not happy with the power of this device, but I bought it specifically to vote with my wallet. We need more layouts with 6-face, and 4-shoulder. Full stop.
Thank you, I wanted to use the overlays to convey the message visually! 🤗 I do hope we get more 6 button designs in the future especially with more power!
There’s a definitely a good amount of cool Android games. I’ve covered them quite a bit on the channel. The biggest issue here is the lower resolution display and 4:3 aspect ratio so a lot of games won’t scale or look great here.
Great review! I'm confused though. Some reviewers say this processor has enough power to emulate the Saturn but is limited by the software (meaning the state of Saturn emulation is not great), and others say the inverse. What's the truth really? I'd be super interested in seeing a list of Saturn games that run well on this device, especially shmups. Since I never had a real Saturn, it's pretty hard to judge.
It's slightly a combination of both, but I'd say the limitation here really is the amount of available power in the RK3566. Saturn emulation while not free from issues, is still far more playable on a more powerful device.
Looks interesting but not sure why you have to take the OS card out to boot up into Android since you don't have to on the RG353P. Less wear and tear on the card mechanism is best.
I owned the Sega Genesis Model 2 System before I owned the SNES. (The system that came with the Sewer Shark game instead of the Ecco the Dolphin game.) So my preferred order tends to be: 1. Sega Genesis, 2. Nintendo DS Lite, 3. DMG Monochrome Game Boy, 4. Atari 2600, 5. SNES.
Thanks for the great video! I already have a bunch of devices so it's not like I need another one... But I'm seriously considering either this or a Powkiddy RGB30. One suggestion from a production perspective: Maybe turn off the background music while you're showing us a sound test of Sonic 2. :)
ArkOS is available for many devices with the same chipset so adding support is mainly to button configuration, should be very likely if it turns out to be popular enough.
